I bought a wooden countertop from Home Depot made of acacia, IIRC. Cost me around $150? for the 8' top I bought. Got used for the kitchen sink area, and before I could go buy another, the price of lumber went through the roof. Just looked, and a hevea wood (rubber tree) countertop is about $80 for a 4-footer, Birch is $209 for the same size. In April, 2020, I'd ordered 2 60" maple butcherblocks, about $220 apiece from Amazon, and they shipped them just barely wrapped. Got beat to heck by UPS, and I sent them back. Now they're about $300 each. One of these days I'll be able to buy another chunk of butcherblock, but it's probably not going to be this year. I was attempting to laminate some pieces of 1/2 baltic birch plywood that I'd scavenged from work several years ago, and that may yet happen, but I've only got enough for the one workbench. And right now, my shop is too cold for the glue to dry. Freezing wouldn't be a problem, though! The US General bench is where the Unimats are going, IIRC. I think the birch ply is too short for the Yukon benches.?

In a couple of years, I might have the financial situation kicked around enough to not have to be such a cheap bastrich all the time. In the mean time, I'm going to try to work with what I have or can scavenge.? ;)?

Bill in OKC

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Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.?

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On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 09:07:35 AM CST, Rick <vwrick@...> wrote:

My SB9A, when I bought it, came with a maple top. It is 36x60x3”. It weighs around 200lbs. Mounting something like this on a 22x48 toolbox would probably work excellent. ?Btw, I have the original receipt for the bench top, from 1947. It cost $38! That was big money back then.

As for leveling legs, I made these for my SB13. They are simply made out of hockey pucks glued to 3” steel discs, welded to a bolt. Great for leveling and vibration dampening. I found the steel discs on eBay, cheap.?

Lastly, I like shallow drawers. They allow you to lay tools out so you can find them easily. Wrench trays work great. Sockets on rails lay down do you can see what you have. AXA tool holders fit perfectly, they are not hanging on a wall getting dirty.?